Hugh COURTENAY 1st Earl of Devon

  General Notes:

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/COURTENAY1.htm#Hugh%20COURTENAY%20(1%C2%B0%20E.%20Devon)
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Courtenay,_1st/9th_Earl_of_Devon
Hugh de Courtenay, 1st/9th Earl of Devon (14 September 1276 – 23 December 1340)[1] was the son of Sir Hugh de Courtenay (d.1292), feudal baron of Okehampton in Devon, by his wife Eleanor le Despenser (d.1328), sister of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester. Forty-one years after the death of his cousin, Isabel de Forz, suo jure 8th Countess of Devon (1237– 1293) (née de Redvers, eldest daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (1217-1245)), letters patent were granted by King Edward III, dated 22 February 1335, declaring him Earl of Devon, and stating that he 'should assume such title and style as his ancestors, Earls of Devon, had wont to do'.[2] This thus made him 1st Earl of Devon, if the letters patent are deemed to have created a new peerage, otherwise 9th Earl of Devon if it is deemed a restitution of the old dignity of the de Redvers family and he is deemed to have succeeded the suo jure 8th Countess. Authorities differ in their opinions[3] and thus alternative ordinal numbers exist for this Courtenay earldom.

Hugh married Elizabeth PLANTAGENET.

Hugh next married Agnes ST. JOHN. (Agnes ST. JOHN was born in 1292.)